Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Online Reputation Assignment

To: Sara Mozingo
From: Kaylee England
Date: Sept. 27, 2017
Subject: Online Reputation

 

 

 

 

 



Sara Mozingo is a great swimmer and a terrific diver. She has likely been practicing her diving for years and took swimming lessons as a young child.She realizes how important it is to be safe while swimming as it can be very dangerous if not done properly. Her love of swimming and understanding of safety helped her decide to be a lifeguard during the summer of 2014 while she was living in Meridian Idaho.  Pictured below is Sara demonstrating one of her favorite dives.


Sara has two brothers and one sister. She is pictured above with her parents and siblings. Of the few pictures the public can see on her Facebook profile her family is in many of them. This indicates she is close with her family and has a lot of love for them. She is fond of her sister in particular. This could be because there are no other young girls in the family and the bond with her only sister formed naturally as they grew up together. Her Facebook profile is not very accessible to outsiders. This could mean she values her privacy, but does not mind if a few pictures can be seen in order for others to know they found the right girl before sending a friend request. Another possibility is that Sara does not know any of her pictures are accessible to the public other than her profile picture. If she does not want any of her pictures to be seen by people who are not her friends on Facebook she may need to update her privacy settings on those.

If Sara has an Instagram account or a Pinterest she has very successfully kept those private as I could not find either one under her name. It was very difficult to find much more than what I have already written above about Sara while using popular social media outlets. However when I found her on LinkedIn I found that her profile is very informative. She is very smart and is a great writer. She assists other USU students with their writing assignments while tutoring at the USU writing center on campus. She has also worked to fix grammar and other errors while working as a Data Entry Specialist which she did this last Summer.

Sara has also worked in a couple of different medical settings for a total of about two and a half years. She worked first as Certified Nursing Assistant in Idaho and then at the Logan hospital as an Endoscopy Technician. In the last few years Sara has worked for and obtained a few useful certificates. She has a Certified Nursing Assistant certificate, Phlebotomy technician certificate as well as a certificate in Basic Life Skills. Though she will graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies and English in 2018 it seems possible that she would like to work in a healthcare type setting once she has her degree. However, she seems to be extremely good at writing and likes to help others be good writers too. This could lead to a possible career in writing, or a continued effort to help others write. The possibilities seem endless for Sara as she will also have a degree in communication that she can do a variety of things with. It is hard to tell exactly what her future career goals are, but with her varied experiences and skills it is likely she will be successful in the career path she chooses.

 Sara is a very dedicated and hardworking student. She recently made the Dean’s list at USU in May 2017. Not only is Sara smart, but she is also an extremely caring person volunteering with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah for the past two and a half years. Here she mentors and gives extra attention to a ten year old little girl. Sara is also a member of the USUSA elections committee as well as the National Society of Leadership and Success. She is very involved and committed to her education and learning.






Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Letter to Cousin Assignment

Dear Alexa,

It was so good to talk with you the other day! It has been too long since we have been able to get together, and I have resolved to make more of an effort to keep in better contact with you. As I was thinking about the concerns you shared with me as you begin college and start your new job I just wanted to share some thoughts with you.
            Effective communication is highly important in everyday life. It is especially important to learn how to communicate in a technical and professional manner as you will be communicating with professors as well as your new boss on a consistent basis. You are very young, but no doubt have the potential to impress your teachers and those you work with using effective communication skills. I am confident that as your talent to effectively communicate in a professional manner is used many people will be able take you seriously as an adult. Technical and professional communication (TPC) in a nutshell is being professional and using correct grammar while accomplishing a goal of communicating effectively. Examples of this can be as simple as addressing an email to your professor in a professional way using correct grammar and vocabulary while being respectful and courteous.  Being able to effectively communicate can help you be a better student as well as employee and can often help you to excel in any career or major.
In order to be an effective professional communicator the message you want others to receive is the exact message you communicate to them. The message can be sent via email, marketing tools including flyers, or any other way an audience can receive your message. Studies have found that among certain workplaces TPC is deemed unnecessary. However, their ideas of the unimportance of TPC were based on one of the misconceptions that TPC is secretarial. The fact is that being professional when writing and communicating is far from limited to secretaries. The sooner you are able to recognize the importance of TPC and apply it to your life the better off you will be as a student and employee. It may even put you a step ahead of many other people because getting others to understand the value of Technical and Professional communication is an ongoing process.  If you have any questions or need any clarification please let me know.

Love, Kaylee

Petersen, E. J. (2017). Articulating Value Amid Persistent Misconceptions about Technical and    Professional Communication in the Workplace. Technical Communication,64(3), 210- 222.

http://www.esf.edu/fnrm/documents/FNRM_Communications_Handbook2008.pdf